Chapter 11 : A Fight Like None Other

Everyone was left gaping in shock and sheer disbelief at the impossible feat accomplished by Allen, standing straight up on the water!

Allen who was the cause of this miracle didn't pay attention to their dropped jaws rather he was seriously looking down. Allen noticed his foot was a bit submerged inside the surface of sea, and his control was a bit shaky.

'I see, it's really much more challenging than walking on a vertical plane.' Allen sensed the rugged flow of chakra and closed his eyes.

He slightly modulated his chakra circulation trying to find the best way to stabilize himself. With the support of soul force Allen was able to quickly figure out and comprehend the dynamic of this predicament.

Fundamentally he wasn't doing anything wrong. Allen just needed a bit more practice to perfect walking on water.

Immediately after Allen opened his eyes slowly and glanced at Faisel who was flabbergasted.

They both stared at each other as Allen finally took his first step forward. He swayed in imbalance but controlled his movement regaining his footing back.

Allen then took his second step, his foot finally completely emerging outside the water standing on the surface.

Steps after steps Allen firmed his footing and stood completely still without any difficulties as if he was standing on firm ground, the sole of his shoe was elevated just above the surface.

*Shoosh*

"You know dumbasses I really like the ocean and also adore the fishes, I was just pondering about what to feed them but now answer is right before me!" Allen swung his sword and smiled fiendishly as he sprinted towards his target.

Faisel was able to wake himself away from the shock and also took his gleaming sword out ready to fight back with a ferocious expression.

He instantly flowed his Battleforce through his body and a faint reddish-brown muddy glow emerged from his body. This is the sign of him being a Copper rank and from the intensity he looks to be a 3-star Copper rank.

Allen snorted at his opponent and in similar fashion willed his power from the combination of his Battleforce and Soul force.

He immediately circulated Chakra from the circled triangle in his sea of consciousness and a faint crimson light enveloped from his sword.

Witnessing this peculiar sword glow, Faisel was startled once again with a doubtful expression creeping on his face. There is nothing remotely normal about Allen since the moment he met him.

Generally different Battleforce ranks of the practitioners are easily distinguished.

Bronze Battleforce gave one a slightly bulged appearance and the circulation of the force would greatly enhance one's strength, agility and endurance.

It is the benchmark of someone surpassing the normal human capacity and entering the ranks of a Battleforce Sword Warrior. Different star level in the Bronze rank determine the amount of enhancement one would experience.

After one surpasses the 5 star of bronze rank, they enter into the Iron. Iron Battleforce as the name suggests mainly focuses on the outer protection of the body like a layer of iron being formed on the body, and it projects Battleforce outside their body.

It can be used to fortify ones different body parts like hands, legs etc causing them to radiate a faint grey glow and have the toughness of iron. This would complement in greatly increasing their defensive capabilities multiple times more than that of an average person's.

A bronze rank isn't much different than a normal human, they are just slightly more stronger, agile and have greater stamina and if a bronze rank is to confront a few strong normal humans without any weapons, then the bronze rank would be severely cornered.

But the same couldn't be said for Iron rank Battle Warriors because not only are they more lethal, more agile and more endurable body than normal humans, the Iron rank battle warriors are also difficult to hurt without the helps of any weapons.

Each rank has a significant difference between them that should not be underestimated.

After the Iron rank is the Copper rank which takes both of the aspects of Bronze and Iron to another level.

Copper rank have great boost in their physical ability and their defence is also very strong. After reaching Copper rank, it is quite hard to leap to Silver because it is considered a huge bottleneck for Battleforce swordsmen.

Anyone who wants to surpass the Copper rank, need to improve in a whole another aspect.

Silver ranked Battleforce warriors excelled extraordinarily im the attacking aspect. Silver Swordsmen can use their superior dense Battleforce to project it not only on their body extremities, but directly onto their weapons and make them release various forms of sword luminescence.

And the length and sharpness of the glow produced by battle warriors one can guess the star rank of the said swordsman.

Silver ranks are considered powerful swordsmen and a reputable individual, because against a normal human force, they can obliterate them. Their attacks fatality is extremely high as they could cut through muscle and bones like butter.

As for Gold ranked Swordsmen, they can gather their Battleforce to execute ranged attacks. Beyond that was the level of Blademasters, who could project their Battleforce onto anything and use it as an invincible divine weapons to eradicate their enemies.

Sword Saints, however, are more like legends and next to nothing is known about them. The public is quite ignorant about their prowess but there are some texts in academies in which it was said that they can utilize something along the lines of a "domain". As for what this domain means? There isn't any mention.

According to the Academy teachings and higher level knowledge, There are only about four or five known Sword Saints on the Aryana continent. These Sword Saints are said to have an extremely long life span so, no one is much sure about them as they haven't been active for years.

Nations and kingdoms which has the backing of a Saint had incredibly stable foundations because they not only boast an amazing military might but also a mythical presence around them.

These Sword Saints were kept hidden from the masses and were shrouded in mystery and enigma.

Faisel who has been a mercenary from the start of his Battle Warrior journey has never seen or heard about a crimson glow. Allen's sword wasn't reddish brown like his or any normal copper rank but instead it was blood colored terrifying crimson emitting ominous aura.

Obviously Faisel knows that there are some secret and top-tier Battleforce techniques in the mastery of which one could achieve the characteristics of an element and they could have any Battleforce glow depending on their nature.

But, those techniques are extremely rare and hard to get hold of and more importantly it would take someone reaching at least the very peak of Silver rank, almost a Gold rank to achieve such a feat.

Thinking up to the fact that the oncoming youth could be a silver rank, send chills down Faisel's spine but his common sense wasn't willing to accept such an things.

Faisel readied himself as he released a war cry and dived towards Allen who was coming at him at an unbelievable speed. Allen was running on water leaving ripples on the water surface, the more he ran the more the distance between each ripple centre increased.

Allen suddenly vanished as if he teleported and dived to meet Faisel's sword with a bang.

*Ting*

Their sword both collided viciously while they were both still airborne. Allen was on a higher vantage point than Faisel, he took advantage of his position and he changed his momentum swinging his sword downwards.

*Clang* *Clang*

As soon as their sword met, Faisel understood that he was completely outmatched in sheer strength.

The ridiculous power from Allen's sword sent a vibrating whiplash throughout his body and a numbness shoot through his arms.

Faisel almost lost the grip of his sword but he didn't lose hope and clenched his teeth, as a veteran he had more experience.

Faisel deflected Allen's attack by withdrawing his sword, Faisel's sword after colliding with Allen's rotated 180° in the palm of his hands without falling and as the rotation was almost complete Faisel withdrew a dagger and shoved it towards Allen's forearm which was holding the sword.

Meanwhile Faisel clasped his fist again, gaining control of his sword and thrust it towards Allen's heart in a tricky angle.

Allen was left speechless and also impressed at Faisel's swordsmanship, he immediately let go of any semblance of arrogance about his strength advantage and acted promptly.

Allen used the hilt of his sword to block Faisel's dagger and simultaneously used the blade to deflect the thrust.

Faisel and Allen both clashed their swords in a quick fashion more than half a dozen times mid-flight before gravity pulled them down.

*Shrrrr*

"Shit!" Faisel retreated coating his fingers with reddish brown glow and holding his knee. Just before falling to the ground with Faisel, Allen was able to leave a deep cut just below his left patella.

Faisel's eyes were red in rage as he disregarded any thoughts about his bad leg and attacked immediately.

"Die! You piece of shi-!" As Allen and Faisel were confronting each other, another member of the Clock Horse group tried to sneak attack on Allen from behind.

The sneak attack was coming from the left side, and Allen engaged in combat was battling with his right side facing Faisel. Allen sensed this malicious attack way before hence he didn't panic from the pincer move.

"Phaseless Moon Dance—The First Dance of the Waning Moon." Allen's foot moved extremely fast with the outburst of chakra and he did a corkscrew twisting somersault.

In the instant his body twisted in the air Allen let go of his sword from his right hand, Allen turned his right side towards the incoming attacker all the while catching the sword in the air with his left hand.

He did this movement in such smoothness and ferocity that even looking at him in this vulnerable aerial actions neither of his opponent could take any advantage.

Allen swung his glowing sword towards Faisel who was hurled back from the force, meanwhile Allen just simply kicked the new attacker in the gut with side kick without caring about the advancing sword.

*Clatter*

*Splash*

Faisel staggered backwards on the small boat and eventually fell in the sea, while the guy who was kicked was thrown away by the gigantic momentum of Allen's attack.

He landed on another incoming boat crashing on top of his other fellow mercenaries.

"Die!" Another one tried to sneak Allen as he jumped from inside the sea and attacked while stretching his sword towards Allen. He also shook the small boat before jumping to disrupt Allen's footing and take advantage of that.

Allen didn't even bat an eye at his actions, he was standing still quite easily on the shaky boat. He dodged the incoming attack by side stepping, and as the attackers tactic failed Allen's hands moved like a slippery snake towards the assailant.

Allen's right hand manoeuvre through the attacker arms, Allen's hand moved over his humerus and locked his shoulder joint and suddenly Allen's hand turned from a slippery snake into a bear paw and he crushed the enemy's shoulder.

As the enemy was about to shout in pure agony, Allen grabbed his unprotected neck and pushed him down, the assailant's terrified eyes were staring at the wooden boat floor waiting for demise.

The mercenary was unable to act because of the suffocating clutch on his neck and nerve wrecking pain shooting through his arm, he was suspended in a vulnerable position as Allen proceeded to deliver a sickening punt kick to the side of head bashing his temporal lobe inside his head and killing him immediately.

Soon, a moment of silence and an ominous lull befall on the chaotic scene. Neither the group of the remaining mercenaries or Allen was moving.

Allen was standing with a sword in his left hand and a borish expression on his face while all the mercenaries were staring at him stunned.

In just a matter of a few seconds, Allen has successfully destroyed their leader and defeated two people with strength similar to them.

And, he made it look sooo easy!

The rest of the mercenaries from Clock Horse were speechless.

"Sil-Silver rank!"

They cannot help but feel a chill run down their spines as well, the gap between each rank in Battleforce Warriors is a significant one. It isn't something which can be ignored by just anybody.

They cannot help but remember a certain battlefield legend. This isn't a story about some valiant amazing triumph but rather about the hero of every mercenary. The tales of Old general Kason, it is well documented that he was a mere low-level mercenary who heeded the call of arms and joined the army.

He battled in many wars and slowly made a name for himself through those bloody endeavours. His most famous story is about when the old general Kason has fight against more than a dozen of 1 and 2-star Silver rank to a standstill.

He was only a peak Silver Rank yet he could trouble many of similarly ranked but lower star swordsman. This is a feat which defines the apex of a rank and the gap between different swordsman of different rank.

The strength gap is quite much and no one wants to fight someone stronger. Allen though doesn't care because he is well adapted to fighting stronger people.

The previous Allen was a renowned genius exactly because of his ability to challenge and defeat stronger foes.

It is estimated that a silver peak may last only a few rounds against a Gold Rank Battle Warrior, and if the Gold ranked swordsman is determined to kill, then with just a few mild injuries he would kill the silver rank Battle Warrior immediately, it just depends if the endeavor is worth the effort.

Of course they are people who are much weaker and stronger in the same swordsmen rank too. For example an academy Battleforce Warrior cannot necessarily compete against someone at the same rank with plenty life and death experience.

This is the matter of pride for all mercenary, so although they may not be necessarily stronger but they definitely have more experience.

"If you are not going to come, then I would have to. This is the sea where could you possibly run, just fight with your life on the line and entertain me." Allen laughed savagely provoking them, he lifted his sword and slashed again as a wet Faisel was looking to sneak attack him.

*Ting*

"Huh!"

Faisel wasn't able to understand what happened as a bad feeling whelped in his heart, time seemed to stop for a second and he heard the sound of his sword falling down all of a sudden, Faisel couldn't help but look down.

He looked below and was about to pick his sword up again to continue fighting, but suddenly his eyes widened in horror.

His right hand was still grabbing the hilt of his dropped sword! But that hand wasn't attached to his arm anymore.

He looked at his bleeding right arm which didn't have his hand anymore and screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Ahhhhh!"

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